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SANS Internet Storm Center - Security advisory and fix released for Firefox

Security advisory and fix released for Firefox Published: 2007-09-19, Last Updated: 2007-09-19 13:18:57 UTC by Maarten Van Horenbeeck (Version: 1) Mozilla has issued a security update for Firefox. It resolves a new exploitation pathway for the MFSA 2007-23 advisory. As you may recall, this dealt with...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-19-2007
Filed under: Patch Management, Browser Wars, Firefox, Security
National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2007-4879) - Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x can automatically install TLS client certificates with minimal user interaction

Vulnerability Summary CVE-2007-4879 Original release date: 9/13/2007 Last revised: 9/17/2007 Source: US-CERT/NIST Overview Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x can automatically install TLS client certificates with minimal user interaction, and automatically sends these certificates when requested, which makes it easier...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-17-2007
Filed under: Patch Management, Browser Wars, Firefox, Internet Applications, Security
IcePack packing heat - TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

IcePack packing heat September 11th, 2007 by Dianne Lagrimas US singer Omarion’s Ice box song aptly feels right with the discovery of a new version of an IcePack toolkit hosted on http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.72.200 , which also hosts a malicious JavaScript. The said JavaScript, detected by Trend Micro...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-11-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, Browser Wars, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Internet Hacks, Internet Applications
SANS Internet Storm Center - Firefox and IE Zero Days

Firefox and IE Zero Days Published: 2007-06-04, Last Updated: 2007-06-04 22:21:11 UTC by Robert Danford (Version: 1) Michal Zalewski has reported several browser bugs worth alerting on The information was posted to the Full-Disclosure mailing list and has been reported on in Computer World: http://www...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 06-04-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Patch Management, Browser Wars, Internet Explorer, Firefox
» Firefox ANI exploit on the way - no protected mode | George Ou | ZDNet.com

Determina is previewing a version of the ANI exploit that will hijack Mozilla Firefox 2 as well as Internet Explorer 7 running on Vista (with default DEP settings mostly turned off). DEP could have stopped this exploit from running , but it's turned off for most applications in Windows by default. At...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 04-04-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Patch Management, Browser Wars, Firefox
SANS Internet Storm Center - Firefox 2.0.0.2 released

Firefox 2.0.0.2 released Published: 2007-02-23, Last Updated: 2007-02-23 20:13:43 UTC by Jim Clausing (Version: 2) The Mozilla folks have released the long-awaited version 2.0.0.2 of Firefox. The second link below shows that 7 security issues were fixed. One rate critical. Bugs fixed appear to include...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 02-23-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Patch Management, Browser Wars, Firefox
SANS - Internet Storm Center - Firefox 1.5.0.6 release imminent

Firefox 1.5.0.6 release imminent (NEW) Published: 2006-08-02, Last Updated: 2006-08-02 19:01:18 UTC by Jim Clausing (Version: 1) It appears that the Mozilla folks are about to release Firefox 1.5.0.6 (don't rush out and try to download it yet, the main Firefox page doesn't show it yet and for most of...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 08-02-2006
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Patch Management, Browser Wars, Firefox
SANS - Internet Storm Center - Security patches for Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey

Security patches for Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Published: 2006-07-26, Last Updated: 2006-07-26 23:37:47 UTC by Bojan Zdrnja (Version: 1) The Mozilla Foundation released new versions of Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey products. New versions fix numerous security vulnerabilities, of which...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 07-27-2006
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Patch Management, Browser Wars, Firefox
SANS - Internet Storm Center - Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 released

Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 released (NEW) Published: 2006-06-02, Last Updated: 2006-06-02 01:53:57 UTC by Jim Clausing (Version: 2(click to highlight changes) ) Versions 1.5.0.4 of both Thunderbird and Firefox were released by the Mozilla Corporation today. The release notes state that each contained...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 06-02-2006
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Patch Management, Browser Wars, Firefox
Once again, by the numbers: Firefox vs. IE

Ron once again brings up a valid point, but he isn’t telling the entire story. According to the very Secunia pages that he references, Firefox has in fact had more vulnerabilities reported this year than IE. However, how many of those browser vulnerabilities are actually patched and/or have workarounds...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-21-2005
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Patch Management, Browser Wars, Internet Explorer, Firefox

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